tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post6922279590102486785..comments2023-04-04T01:11:40.639-07:00Comments on AmpsterTango: Don't impress her with your fancy steps! Impress her with...AmpsterTangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07128341367227617647noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-75246780174825175092009-07-30T01:11:49.513-07:002009-07-30T01:11:49.513-07:00@ Henderson: Yup, keep it simple. In January (09),...@ Henderson: Yup, keep it simple. In January (09), I wrote about how to master a few simple things YOU know, and vary it. (http://ampstertango.blogspot.com/2009/01/combination-lock.html)<br /><br />It's HOW you dance that matters. Not how fancy. IMHE, go to a milonga and watch the most elegant dancers. Most of what they do is based on "The Walk." Watch the expression on the faces of their partners. They look like they're in a blissful trance. In contrast, look at the ones trying to force the fancy stuff. Compare their partners reaction. <br /><br />Which expression would you want your partner to have dancing with you?AmpsterTangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128341367227617647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-57316829596661678962009-07-29T06:08:03.224-07:002009-07-29T06:08:03.224-07:00How simple is too simple? I'm leader and a beg...How simple is too simple? I'm leader and a beginner (just over three years of dedication). I know about eight steps that I have at least a modicum of confidence in and these eight include the "basic 8" and two variations on the the "basic 8". I try to be a clear lead and I try to dance to the music. Is that really enough, or is my follower going to be thinking, "I didn't come here to be practiced on.")?Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04070235111938409885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-23836154388070867522009-01-09T10:58:00.000-08:002009-01-09T10:58:00.000-08:00The connection makes such a difference. Let me gi...The connection makes such a difference. Let me give you an example. Suppose a leader is inspired to repeat a movement -- perhaps it is because the music repeats a rhythmic pattern that invites the repetition, perhaps something else -- and it is a movement that you haven't followed very well in the first instance. The quality of the connection, of the embrace, makes the difference between "Forgive me, my angel. I haven't led that very well -- I know that you would enjoy this if I could but show it to you. Let me try again" or "B*tch!!! Why don't you dance what I tell you to dance? If you can't follow it this time, you are dead to me".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-87515029840686270992008-12-30T10:16:00.000-08:002008-12-30T10:16:00.000-08:00So true! Women just want to feel a warm connectio...So true! Women just want to feel a warm connection, to feel transported sweetly by the energy. If a leader is trying all sort of fancy steps, it is hard to feel anything except anxiety. A very experienced leader can take a few more complex steps and the follower can go there without even knowing what happened. (As you so clearly state, He must be able to lead it well.) <BR/>Thanks for writing this.Elizabeth Brintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814965814308408209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-18498387346746089652008-12-30T01:38:00.000-08:002008-12-30T01:38:00.000-08:00Amen! If you do it right, I don't even notice the...Amen! If you do it right, I don't even notice the moves. Who cares about moves when our souls are embracing?Mtnhighmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01958886475068251884noreply@blogger.com